‘NO HIDDEN FEES ACT’ AIMS TO CURB MISLEADING ADVERTISING BY HOTELS
The recently introduced 'Hotel Fees Transparency Act' also seeks to enhance consumer transparency - THE U.S…
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Los Angeles City advances restrictions on new hotel development
A proposal to force hotel developers to replace housing lost in the development process advanced out of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission last week as part of a deal between the city and a local labor union. On Nov…
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Lagos Implements Digital Revenue Collection for Hotels and Restaurants
The digitalization of the procedure for collecting the hotel occupancy and restaurant consumption taxes from owners of the state’s facilities—hotels and restaurants—has been announced by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service…
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New Joint-Employer Standard Opens Up Liability Across US Hotel Industry
The standards used to determine joint-employer status remained steady for more than three decades before a 2015 National Labor Relations Board decision that has led to a regulatory back-and-forth in the years since…
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Iron Horse Hotel's employees 'all stuck it out' during dispute that led to bankruptcy
The owner of Milwaukee's Iron Horse Hotel has settled a dispute that led the company to reorganize its finances under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection…
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AHLA condemns NLRB’s new joint-employer standard
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final regulation expanding the “joint-employer standard” under the National Labor Relations Act, which becomes effective Dec. 26…
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Feds sue developer over unfinished Bear Lake resort in Garden City
Just off the main drag in Garden City, Water’s Edge Resort bills itself as a luxury retreat on the shores of Bear Lake. But the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, says the resort’s developer illegally used investor funds to pay himself…
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Long Beach Hyatt Regency to pay $4.8M penalty for violating COVID-era rehiring law, state says
The Hyatt Regency in Downtown Long Beach has been ordered to pay $4.8 million to a group of 25 employees who were laid off because of the pandemic but not offered their jobs back when business rebounded…
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SURVEY - Union’s proposed homeless policy will deter 72% of Americans from booking LA hotel rooms
WASHINGTON – More than seven in ten Americans would be deterred from booking a hotel room in Los Angeles if hotels there are forced to house homeless people next to paying guests…
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HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A SCOURGE ON THE HOTEL INDUSTRY. HERE’S HOW TO PREVENT IT.
Human trafficking is an issue profound to the hotel industry…
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Wynn Resorts Settles Sexual Harassment Suit with Salon Workers
Wynn Resorts Ltd. settled this week with nine anonymous women who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company in 2019, as the Las Vegas Review-Journal first reported. The terms of the settlement agreement, filed in U.S…
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Hotel management agreements offer flexibility for hotel investment in France
Under the influence of international operators, hotel management methods in France and Europe have evolved, with management agreements increasingly being favoured over leases…
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Hyatt sued over use of resort fees
A legal dispute involving "junk fees" has been initiated against Hyatt Hotels Corp., making Hyatt the latest major hotel company dealing with a fee-related lawsuit.
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Sick of Junk Fees? Sneaky Hotel Charges Could Be the First to Fall
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE MESSENGER - Abipartisan effort in the Senate has called for federal legislation that would rein in junk fees charged by hotels…
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Is Jason Grosfeld’s Costa Palmas Resort the New Madoff Scheme?
The East Cape of Los Cabo, Mexico has become a hotbed of luxury developments, including Costa Palmas, a high-end resort owned and operated by Los Angeles real estate firm Irongate…
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Norway to Strengthen Regulations for Tour Guides
The Norwegian government has announced plans to introduce stricter regulations for those working as tour guides. It follows reports of misinformation being disseminated to tourists. Here’s what you need to know…
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New Virginia law trains hotel staff to spot signs of human trafficking
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A new state law requires all hotel staff in Virginia to be fully trained to spot human trafficking…
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